ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143755
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 13 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HX984 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ford Hall, Birkenhead Wirral, Merseyside, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finmere, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Woodvale, Merseyside |
Mosquito HX984: Took off for Training flight. 30/05/1944
Engine cut crashed in forced landing Ford Hall, Birkenhead Wirral.
McDougall was onboard Mosquito HX984 of No.13 OTU, the aircraft was heard broadcasting a mayday by ground stations at Valley and Woodvale, the latter attempted to assist with QDMs to Woodvale. It crashed at "Ford Hall" which seems to be a corruption of Bidston Hall (Bidston cum Ford).
This is the entry from Valley's ORB:
May 30th 1944, “During the afternoon a Mosquito from Bicester was heard calling “Mayday” on Command Guard. Unfortunately it was impossible to get a bearing on the aircraft and despite the assistance of Woodvale the aircraft crashed near Birkenhead, one of the crew being killed and the other injured.”
Crew:
F/O (160.640) Frank Edwin LEES (pilot) RAFVR - injured
F/Sgt (1795225 ) John Paul McDOUGALL (nav.) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16486-440530
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2012 06:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 06:25 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Source] |
| 28-Feb-2014 16:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 22:58 | Glock G19 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2015 05:19 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2019 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2021 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 07-May-2022 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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